Two Thumbs Up for the Expendables II GR Outing!

Cleats Crew

Last Saturday GriffonRawl had it's first ever off site party and outing. It was a big success. 

The plan was for GR members, family and friends of the Academy to meet at Cleats in Mentor for dinner and drinks and then head to the Atlas Cinema at Great Lakes Mall for the 8:55 showing of The Expendables II. We had about 50 show up for Cleats, and it was a great time.

Cleats did a tremendous job handling the group.  We were given our own area of the bar, and assigned extra servers to keep the food and drink coming.  They knew our schedule, and kept to it.  Special thanks to Cleats manager Kris Keller for making it all happen.  

Atlas Cinema

When the crew departed for the movie, a few decided to hang back, but were replaced by even more GR's at the theater – which is why we needed two pictures to document the event.

The party was such a success, we're looking for suggestions on how to do something like it again soon. It doesn't have to be sports related, just a fun event everyone can enjoy.  Give Jason your ideas after class.   Jason wanted me to mention, in particular, that The Expendables III is already a possibility.

He also wanted to thank everyone who came out.  "It's good to be able to have fun as a group, not everything has to be tied to fights and training."

Written by: Bob Donaghy